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By Vaisesika Dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For those whose lives have been forever improved by meeting Lord Krishna personally in the pages of the Gita, Gita Jayanti is not only a day of celebration but also a chance to express their gratitude. And the best way to do so is to share the Gita with others. Krishna Himself says, \u201cThere is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.\u201d (Bg. 18.69)<\/p>\n The Gita teaches the essence of spiritual knowledge, purely and succinctly, in a way that anyone \u2013 in any situation of life \u2013 can practically apply its instruction and wisdom. And since Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, resides within the heart of every living being, He is always there to help the reader understand the Gita\u2019s profound message.<\/p>\n Many people in the world are innocent; and when they hear the message of the Gita from a devotee, they at once embrace it and attain perfection.<\/p>\n Krishna says, \u201cAgain there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship the Supreme Person upon hearing about Him from others. Because of their tendency to hear from authorities, they also transcend the path of birth and death.\u201d (Bg. 13.26)<\/p>\n More than ever before, people need the common sense and elegance of the Gita. Why? The modern media daily brings us foul rumors, incendiary disputes, and scenes of massacre. And a popular scientist has proclaimed, \u201cThe human race is just chemical scum on a moderate sized planet . . .\u201d (Stephen Hawking, interview 1994).<\/p>\n It seems that the public demands these things\u2014at least some studies suggest that they do. And news anchors across the world have come to count on the fact that people have developed an insatiable appetite for calumny and the gory details of tragic events.<\/p>\n As people disclose the acrimony and conflict that trouble their hearts in tens of millions of daily blogs, YouTube clips, Facebook postings, and interviews in the 24-hour news cycle, the resultant din is a toxic outpouring of malignant sound that flows into the ears of the innocent masses, leading the world\u2019s population into anxiety, despair, and mental illness.<\/p>\n The delicate human ear requires Krishna\u2019s soothing voice in the Gita to clarify the heart and fortify the intellect. <\/p>\n Even five thousand years after Lord Krishna\u2019s departure from this world, \u201cthe Bhagavad-gita can be consulted in all critical times, not only for solace from all kinds of mental agonies, but also for the way out of great entanglements which may embarrass one in some critical hour.\u201d (SB 1.15.27, purport)<\/p>\n Lord Caitanya exalts the Gita to Srila Sanatana Gosvami: \u201cK\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba is so merciful that simply by aiming His instructions at Arjuna, He has given protection to the whole world.\u201d (Cc Madhya 22.56)<\/p>\n The Gita issues from the beautiful lotus mouth of Lord Sri Krishna, our best friend and eternal benefactor. And as that message passes through the pen of Krsna\u2019s empowered representative, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Bhagavad-gita \u201cAs It Is\u201d becomes all the more relishable.<\/p>\n As Gita Jayanti approaches, please read the Gita, remember the Gita, give the Gita.<\/p>\n Humbly in service,<\/p>\n Vaisesika Dasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For those whose lives have been forever improved by meeting Lord Krishna personally in the pages of the Gita, Gita Jayanti is not only a day of celebration but also a chance to express their gratitude. And the best way to do so is to share the Gita with others. Krishna Himself says, \u201cThere is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.\u201d (Bg. 18.69) The Gita teaches the essence of spiritual knowledge, purely and succinctly, in a way that anyone \u2013 in any situation of life \u2013 can practically apply its instruction and wisdom. And since Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, resides within the heart of every living being, He is always there to help the reader understand the Gita\u2019s profound message. Many people in the world are innocent; and when they hear the message of the Gita from a devotee, they at once embrace it and attain perfection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69701,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086\/revisions\/69701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xnP1tEj.jpg\")
By Vaisesika Dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n